The midday sun illuminates the streets.
In the lobby of the Pei family's front yard, only Pei Yanli and Xiao Yunchen were sitting at the large rectangular table.
Xiao Yunchen looked at the dishes on the table that were clearly southern specialties and said in surprise, "I didn't expect Brother Pei's family to be able to cook southern dishes?"
Pei Yanli said frankly: "It wasn't my mother who did it, but a slave girl from a friend's house."
He used his serving chopsticks to pick up a piece of sweet and sour fish for Xiao Yunchen and recommended it, "This dish is my friend's favorite. Her taste is quite different from mine, and I can't tell what's so good about this sweet and sour dish. But she said that people in the south really like this flavor."
"I do like it." Xiao Yunchen looked at the small piece of golden fish in the bowl, cooked to perfection. If his wife were to eat it, she would definitely exclaim exaggeratedly, "Wow! So delicious!"
Thinking of this, a smile flashed across Xiao Yunchen's eyes, but he couldn't help feeling pain in his heart.
Thinking of the obvious difference in emotion in Pei Yanli's words just now, he swallowed the sweet and sour fish in his mouth and asked casually as if chatting: "The friend that Brother Pei is talking about is a woman, right?"
Pei Yanli replied frankly: "Yes."
Outside the house, Aunt Pei was seeing Yu Niang off while expressing her gratitude.
When the two of them arrived at the gate, Yu Niang said politely with a low smile, "Auntie, you don't have to see me off. It's just a small favor today. You don't have to be so polite."
"Yes, yes." As Aunt Pei was speaking, she saw Li Sisi riding a horse towards them from the other end of the street.
When someone approached, he waved and said, "Sisi, Yanli is at home with friends today, and it was Yu Niang who helped cook lunch! Why don't you go back? Come to my house for lunch."
Upon hearing this, Li Sisi dismounted and asked curiously, "Is Nian Nian here too?"
Aunt Pei pulled her into the house and said with a smile, "Hey, you know that girl Nian Nian, she's always very polite. I called her, but she didn't come."
Li Sisi was dragged to the front yard of the Pei family by her and said, "You are all officials, so you should have something to say. You go first, I'll go to the kitchen to get you some dishes and chopsticks."
Aunt Pei’s words aroused Li Sisi’s curiosity.
Pei Yanli's friend is also an official? Does she know him?
Li Sisi put the long sword aside, adjusted her official robe slightly, and smoothed her straight ponytail. Feeling that she was dressed neatly, she strode towards the lobby.
When he walked to the door, he saw a man in official robes sitting opposite Pei Yanli.
Li Sisi walked over and greeted with curiosity: "Pei Yanli!"
Her voice attracted the attention of the two people at the table.
A handsome face came into view. The corners of his lips, which always had a gentle smile, opened slightly in surprise when he saw her, and his black eyes were full of shock and disbelief.
Li Sisi was stunned for a second.
Oh shit!
She quickly turned around and ran out.
In a hurry, she happened to bump into Aunt Pei who was coming over. Due to the huge difference in strength between them, Aunt Pei was knocked back several steps by Li Sisi.
"Ouch!" a scream.
With a crisp "click" sound, the pair of chopsticks in Aunt Pei's hand were thrown to the ground and separated, and the porcelain bowl broke into three pieces and scattered on the ground, looking very miserable.
Aunt Pei got up from the ground and looked at Li Sisi in confusion and asked, "What are you doing? Why are you running so fast?"
Xiao Yunchen was stunned for a moment, then stood up hurriedly, and the wooden chair made a harsh sound as it rubbed against the ground.
He followed closely behind, his handsome face full of incredible surprise, and he called out cautiously and uncertainly, "Madam?"
Li Sisi didn't dare to turn around, and denied it with her back to him: "You recognized the wrong person, I'm not married yet!"
Pei Yanli, who had caught up with Li Sisi, was puzzled at first when he saw her attitude, but suddenly remembered that time when Li Sisi was drunk and said that she had an ex-husband.
The Xiao brothers happened to have two original wives who died early.
The two sisters of the Li family are so familiar with Master Xiao that they don't seem like outsiders. Now when Sisi sees Brother Xiao, she wants to run away.
From all these signs, Pei Yanli had a guess in his mind, but he didn't dare to think too much about it.
He spoke in a deep voice, "Sisi, Brother Xiao is the Imperial Inspector from the capital. According to your current official position, you should be polite when you see him."
Li Sisi's feet seemed to be nailed to the ground. After hearing Pei Yanli's words, she struggled a bit and turned around nervously.
Not knowing where to look for a moment, he stared at the ground and saluted Xiao Yunchen: "This humble official greets the censor."
Xiao Yunchen's clear eyes were filled with a thick fog, and his gaze was fixed on the person who lowered his head and dared not look at him.
Brother Pei called her "Sisi".
His hands hanging in his long sleeves were clenched into fists, and Xiao Yunchen's dark eyes were filled with uncontrollable emotions.
Suppressing his heart that was beating like a war drum, Xiao Yunchen spoke slowly and gently, "Could this lady please look up? I think you look familiar."
Li Sisi tried to muster up her courage, but couldn't muster it up!
Damn it! Why did I have to run into Xiao Yunchen at Aunt Pei's house? I couldn't even knock him unconscious!
She lowered her head and replied, "Well, sir, you must have made a mistake. I don't know you! Well, I have something else to do at the government office. I'll go and take care of my business first."
After saying that, Li Sisi quickly turned around and left the Pei family.
Xiao Yunchen did not chase after him.
Li Sisi breathed a sigh of relief.
No, I have to go home quickly and tell Nian Nian. She has a lot of ideas and we have to find a way to solve the problem of Xiao Yunchen!
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